Internships
Go Global! UW-Madison Global Studies' international careers website. Offers information and links of a general nature, but art history majors should check out their in-person international internship advising service (see website for days and times of their drop-in hours.)
The Art Deadlines List is a monthly online newsletter listing deadlines for everything art-related, including internships, scholarships & grants. A free e-mail subscription is available.
ArtTable Mentored Internships: one-on-one mentored summer (10-week) internships with ArtTable members in four chapters (New York, Washington, D.C., Northern and Southern California); stipend of $3,000.
Aviso Employment Resources Online features listings from Aviso's renowned job bank for museum professionals (Aviso is the monthly newsletter of the American Association of Museums). This is a general link to its searchable database; for current opportunities, check the "Internships/Fellowships" box.
Idealist.org is a searchable database of internships in many areas including the arts. Click on "Internships" under "Quick Links" and choose "Arts" for "Area of Focus."
InternAbroad: search by destination or internship type (includes Art History, Art/Fine Arts, Architecture, Museum Studies and many more)
Museum-L: the archives of MUSEUM-L@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM contain many internship postings
Museum Resource Board: contains an internship database in addition to a job board and resume board
Museum Employment Resource Center (MERC): internship and fellowship postings
PreserveNet: a thorough listing of internships and jobs in preservation, brought to you by PreserveNet, a database of internet resources and career opportunities for preservationists created by Cornell University in 1994 .
Rising Star Internships: has links to internships in Art History and the Arts, current and ongoing
Midwest
UW-Madison Student Job Center: search for internship and other opportunities (including work-study positions at the Elvehjem) UW Press: recently quite a few Art History majors have done internships with the Outreach Director.
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: employment page with occasional internships
Wisconsin State Historical Society: this page lists paid jobs, volunteering opportunities, and internships (currently only the archaeology internship is listed, but check for a cataloging internship in the future.)
Milwaukee Art Museum: general employment page which may post internships (recent ones include Bibliographical Assistant and Research Assistant.) Milwaukee Public Museum Museum: general employment page with links to career opportunities as well as information on their ongoing, unpaid internships in various departments; internships vary in length from one month to one semester
John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI): career opportunites as well as voluntary and paid internships for individuals considering or pursuing careers in museum work.
Wisconsin Maritime Museum (Manitowoc, WI): summer internships (summer 2004 internships came with a $1,500 stipend and ran 8 weeks at 30 hours per week.)
The Art Institute of Chicago: internships offered throughout the year in many departments Chicago Historical Society: ongoing internships available in many different areas
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts: ongoing internship opportunities
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN): often has internships available (to date, mostly volunteer.)
Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland, OH): ongoing, unpaid museum and library internships; variable availability but flexible scheduling
The Dallas Museum of Art Internship program (Dallas, TX) : several positions with stipend
The Kimbell Art Museum Marilyn Ingram Education Internship (Fort Worth, TX): paid ($10.00/hr) 9 month internship
The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum (San Antonio, TX): internships including the Semmes Foundation Internship in Museum Studies, and the Tobin Foundation Internship in Theatre Arts
West Coast
Artist Resources Volunteer and Internship Listing (San Francisco): current, ongoing, and educational postings mostly (but not all) in the Bay area.
J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles): current internship opportunities. The Getty Grant program provides grants to 30+ visual arts organizations and museums in southern CA to hire undergraduate summer interns.
San Diego Museum of Art: ongoing internships
National Museum of Wildlife Art (Jackson Hole, WY): paid and volunteer internships in the Education Department, including the Roy A. Hunt Internship Program and the Jayne and Dick Johnston Family Foundation Education Internship (both summer programs).
East Coast
Philadelphia Museum of Art: information on their summer Museum Studies Internship Program; downloadable application
Antenna Audio USA (New York City): Antenna Audio is the leading producer of audio tours for museums, galleries and heritage sites worldwide, and often has summer internships. This program offers a unique opportunity to work in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working in collaboration with the museum's curatorial and education departments to create interpretative audio tours for the museum's collection.
Brooklyn Museum of Art: summer and 10-month internships (applications due March 31 each year.)
Christie's (New York City): internships and job opportunities Dahesh Museum (New York City): summer internships (unpaid, though with stipend of an unlimited Metrocard.)